Family Pentatomidae and Family Scutelleridae
Subject: Weird Bug! Geographic location of the bug: Connecticut Date: 08/25/2021 Time: 04:36 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman : What is this bug? I can usually identify bugs after some searching but this one has me stumped. How you want your letter signed: Kat Dear Kat, This isn’t really a bug. It is … Read more
Subject: Please ID! Geographic location of the bug: NE Florida Date: 08/13/2021 Time: 06:14 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Please help us ID this bug! My 5 y/o is enamored. How you want your letter signed: Sarah C Dear Sarah, This is not a bug. It is two bugs that are enamored with … Read more
Subject: Whats this Beetle? Geographic location of the bug: Southern Oregon (Medford) Date: 07/30/2021 Time: 01:15 AM EDT Your letter to the bugman: These Beetle’s have traveled to the SE, SW sides of our building. They are staying around the door jams and brick stem wall.Black with a thin orange line around their body. I … Read more
Subject: What is this bug – Beetle? Geographic location of the bug: Jalisco, Mexico Date: 04/04/2021 Time: 11:56 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: I found this guy in my garden. It’s size is what first caught my attention. I took it’s picture but did not, unfortunately take a measurement. It is about 8 … Read more
Subject: Metallic Green w/ black pattern Geographic location of the bug: Taveuni, Fiji Date: 03/27/2020 Time: 05:17 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Is this a jewel beetle? It had landed on this floating seed pod and had not quite tucked his wing away. My underwater camera was already set up for macro so … Read more
Subject: Brown and Yellow Beetle? Geographic location of the bug: Central Mexico Date: 03/20/2020 Time: 11:28 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Hi WTB! I’ve looked high and low trying to identify this beetle(?) but have had no luck so far. I saw many of them on the leaves of plants in the fields … Read more